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Gandahar said:
So you are lazy and you are complaining about it. Either stop being lazy or let the big corporations feed your lazyness at a cost. That's the complete point, surprised you have suddenly found this enlightenment to be honest.
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
You know he was joking, right?When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 12:59
Countdown said:
Winner winner chicken dinner 
On the bread front- I tried to do that once. I set a stall outside the front of Mcdonalds with just the bread from my chicken sandwich priced at 10p. It was a disaster because so many other people had thought of the same so we were just trying to out-shout each other at any potential customers. All was not lost though because just as I was giving up hope at the end of a long gruelling day, one of the other stall holders offered me 5p for it so he could sell it on at a profit the following day.
THis was much funnier in my head than typed. Ive gone too far to delete it but am a bit ashamed to leave it.
Hackney said:
Gandahar said:
So you are lazy and you are complaining about it. Either stop being lazy or let the big corporations feed your lazyness at a cost. That's the complete point, surprised you have suddenly found this enlightenment to be honest.
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
You know he was joking, right?When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 12:59
Gandahar said:
Hackney said:
Gandahar said:
So you are lazy and you are complaining about it. Either stop being lazy or let the big corporations feed your lazyness at a cost. That's the complete point, surprised you have suddenly found this enlightenment to be honest.
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
You know he was joking, right?When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 12:59
Incredible!!! Just a bit up from where I posted did you think that Disastrous really didn't buy that water or Wolves Wanderer really left Mcdonalds in disgust?blindswelledrat said:
Gandahar said:
Hackney said:
Gandahar said:
So you are lazy and you are complaining about it. Either stop being lazy or let the big corporations feed your lazyness at a cost. That's the complete point, surprised you have suddenly found this enlightenment to be honest.
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
You know he was joking, right?When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum. So she used to make a chicken bought on Saturday last the whole week between us. You don't have the inclination that's all.
My mum told me some interesting pointers about those times. She used to go to Bury market where you could buy chickens cheap that had got mangled in the processing plant so you could get one without a leg cheap. She also said they sold cracked eggs cheap just to sell them on.
Cracked eggs and 1 armed chickens? Health and safety now would nail you for the first and Tesco's will never sell the latter. Perhaps we are just all getting a bit too fussy. How much waste is there in the UK?
My mum was brought up through the war though. She learnt through that to make things do. Something I appreciated in the 1970's growing up as she never took a penny from the state.
Cracking lady, aged 88 now and still going strong. She is still using her sewing machine, her Necchi machine she bought in the 1950's blew a bulb last week... guess what, having problem finding a replacement....
It's another world.
So don't complain about offers. This is the consumer society circa 2014, buy today as cheaply as possible and dump tomorrow as cheaply as possible.
Finally
"THe upshot is that I am very very starving but proud of myself that Tesco has not made a fool of me"
You are not very very starving, you are slightly hungry and we can stand Bob Geldof down.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 12:59
Incredible!!! Just a bit up from where I posted did you think that Disastrous really didn't buy that water or Wolves Wanderer really left Mcdonalds in disgust?So when you do not make it clear but post a "joke" that actually seems like a point of view unless you have read 10 pages back, then it ain't always going to hit the mark. I apologise. I thought this was a serious thread after all and not a one man act strutting his stuff. I will depart and leave the begging hordes to hear your next classic one liner.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 13:30
You're a barrel of laughs aren't you?
I can just imagine your kids coming home.
poorkid: Daddy Daddy Knock knock
Gandahar: Who's there?
poorkid: Interrupting cow.
Gandahar: Interupting c...
Poorkid: MOOOOOOOOO.
Gandahar: Don't interrupt. It's rude.
Poorkid: It was a joke daddy. That's why the cow is called 'interrupting cow'
Gandahar: Well you should have made that more clear from the outset. How am I supposed to know that? I thought this was a serious conversation and that you had interrupted me rudely. I don't want to talk to you any more please.
I can just imagine your kids coming home.
poorkid: Daddy Daddy Knock knock
Gandahar: Who's there?
poorkid: Interrupting cow.
Gandahar: Interupting c...
Poorkid: MOOOOOOOOO.
Gandahar: Don't interrupt. It's rude.
Poorkid: It was a joke daddy. That's why the cow is called 'interrupting cow'
Gandahar: Well you should have made that more clear from the outset. How am I supposed to know that? I thought this was a serious conversation and that you had interrupted me rudely. I don't want to talk to you any more please.
Gandahar said:
Problem is on PH running jokes do not pan out well, due to the number of posts in short order and small posts per standard page size. Just as the Sean Connery thread about reposts.
So when you do not make it clear but post a "joke" that actually seems like a point of view unless you have read 10 pages back, then it ain't always going to hit the mark. I apologise. I thought this was a serious thread after all and not a one man act strutting his stuff. I will depart and leave the begging hordes to hear your next classic one liner.
So when you do not make it clear but post a "joke" that actually seems like a point of view unless you have read 10 pages back, then it ain't always going to hit the mark. I apologise. I thought this was a serious thread after all and not a one man act strutting his stuff. I will depart and leave the begging hordes to hear your next classic one liner.
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 29th August 13:30
Disastrous said:
wolves_wanderer said:
Gandahar said:
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum.
- *************JOKE FOLLOWS*************************
wolves_wanderer said:
Gandahar said:
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum.
- *************JOKE FOLLOWS*************************
- *************JOKE FOLLOWS*************************
When ah wur borrn wi'ad nay muther at all. Thi wur me and 17 bruthers, 21 sisturs and all of us born wi'yaat nitha mutha or't fatha. Just popped inta't world from t'ether, screamin' and wailin' for all t'worth.
Single muthas wer for t'landed gentry at'very least. T'lords and t'ladies mighta'd a single mutha but not us common folk. By eck even t'queen of all England only 'ad two mutha was what we 'erd.
Hackney said:
wolves_wanderer said:
Gandahar said:
When I was growing up in Heywood, Lancs, in the 1970's I had a single mum.
- *************JOKE FOLLOWS*************************
- *************JOKE FOLLOWS*************************
When ah wur borrn wi'ad nay muther at all. Thi wur me and 17 bruthers, 21 sisturs and all of us born wi'yaat nitha mutha or't fatha. Just popped inta't world from t'ether, screamin' and wailin' for all t'worth.
Single muthas wer for t'landed gentry at'very least. T'lords and t'ladies mighta'd a single mutha but not us common folk. By eck even t'queen of all England only 'ad two mutha was what we 'erd.
It's like my grandparents are communicating from beyond!
- *********************JOKE PRECEDES*****************
- *******************FOR CLARITY, IN THIS CASE JOKE IS A BIT OPTIMISTIC AND REFERS TO THE MILDLY WRY COMMENT ABOVE******************
Tonsko said:
On non-food items, I don't really have a problem with it beyong vague misgivings about 'those companies must be swindling us somewhow' silliness. But foodstuffs, just encourages folk to buy more, and then potentially waste it as it goes off/isn't eaten etc.
You'd prefer the old Soviet supermarket approach would you?Good grief - customers have never had it so good.
And yet the place is full of people moaning.
Moaning about NOT being ripped off.
Hilarious!
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